Disturbing News from the NYC Subway System

February 7, 2015 6:33 PM

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A team of researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College just released a new report about the hundreds of bacteria that live in New York’s metro stations. You thought it was just you and some 8 million other commuters? Think again! Some serious bacteria are also taking the same train.

While all of the 637 microbes are deeply disgusting (touching stuff in public places, yuck!), some of them are also dangerous. Out of more than 450 subway stations they have tested, the team of researchers from the medical school has found that these places host a lot of species of antibiotic-resist...